US5586434A - One way clutch mechanism for a torque converter - Google Patents

One way clutch mechanism for a torque converter Download PDF

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US5586434A
US5586434A US08/520,795 US52079595A US5586434A US 5586434 A US5586434 A US 5586434A US 52079595 A US52079595 A US 52079595A US 5586434 A US5586434 A US 5586434A
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Mamoru Okubo
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D41/00—Freewheels or freewheel clutches
    • F16D41/06—Freewheels or freewheel clutches with intermediate wedging coupling members between an inner and an outer surface
    • F16D41/064—Freewheels or freewheel clutches with intermediate wedging coupling members between an inner and an outer surface the intermediate members wedging by rolling and having a circular cross-section, e.g. balls
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H45/00—Combinations of fluid gearings for conveying rotary motion with couplings or clutches
    • F16H45/02—Combinations of fluid gearings for conveying rotary motion with couplings or clutches with mechanical clutches for bridging a fluid gearing of the hydrokinetic type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H41/00—Rotary fluid gearing of the hydrokinetic type
    • F16H41/24—Details
    • F16H2041/246—Details relating to one way clutch of the stator
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H45/00—Combinations of fluid gearings for conveying rotary motion with couplings or clutches
    • F16H45/02—Combinations of fluid gearings for conveying rotary motion with couplings or clutches with mechanical clutches for bridging a fluid gearing of the hydrokinetic type
    • F16H2045/0273—Combinations of fluid gearings for conveying rotary motion with couplings or clutches with mechanical clutches for bridging a fluid gearing of the hydrokinetic type characterised by the type of the friction surface of the lock-up clutch
    • F16H2045/0294—Single disk type lock-up clutch, i.e. using a single disc engaged between friction members

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  • Torque converters are commonly used to transmit torque from an engine to a transmission in an automobile.
  • a typical torque converter generally includes three main components, an impeller, a turbine and a stator all disposed within a torque converter housing.
  • the torque converter housing is usually filled with hydraulic fluid.
  • the stator or a wheel stator assembly is functionally disposed between the impeller and the turbine.
  • the wheel stator assembly includes a ring-shaped stator carrier, a plurality of stator blades provided on an outer circumferential surface of the stator carrier, an outer race fixed to the stator carrier at its inner circumferential portion, an inner race placed close to an inner circumferential portion of the outer race and a one-way clutch placed between the inner and outer races.
  • the stator assembly engages a stator shaft fixed to the transmission so as not to rotate relative to the transmission.
  • an outer race member with a plurality of cirumferentially inclined surfaces and a plurality of concave portions, one concave portion formed between each pair of adjacent inclined surfaces;
  • stator carrier 21 Sides of the outer race 23 and the inner race 24 on the right of FIG. 1 are supported by a receptacle 21a defined the stator carrier 21.
  • the receptacle 21a of the stator carrier 21 is supported by the impeller hub 5c via a thrust bearing 16. Ends of the outer race 23 and the inner race 24 on the left of FIG. 1, respectively, contact the retainer 25, and the retainer 25 is supported by the turbine hub 8 via a thrust bearing 17.
  • the stator 7 is retained in position in axial directions between the impeller hub 5c and the turbine hub 8 by the thrust bearings 16 and 17.

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  • Injection Moulding Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
  • One-Way And Automatic Clutches, And Combinations Of Different Clutches (AREA)
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US5822987A (en) * 1996-03-28 1998-10-20 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd. Stator and one way clutch assembly for a torque converter
US5855263A (en) * 1996-12-20 1999-01-05 Eaton Corporation One-way clutch and torque converter stator
US6012899A (en) * 1997-04-25 2000-01-11 Exedy Corporation Stator of a torque converter
US6026642A (en) * 1998-07-09 2000-02-22 Myers; John E. Torque converter adapter system
US6286648B1 (en) 1999-02-09 2001-09-11 Exedy Corporation Lockup device of a torque converter
US6612107B2 (en) * 2001-04-18 2003-09-02 Yutaka Giken Co., Ltd. One-way clutch
EP1132652A3 (de) * 2000-03-08 2004-05-06 BorgWarner Inc. Hydrodynamischer Drehmomentwandler mit Freilaufkupplung und Stator
US6745563B1 (en) * 2002-09-10 2004-06-08 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Axially reduced torque converter with axial pull stator
US20040139743A1 (en) * 2002-06-03 2004-07-22 Naoto Sato One-way clutch
US20070048077A1 (en) * 2005-08-31 2007-03-01 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring binder having a clip
US20080098882A1 (en) * 2006-10-31 2008-05-01 Caterpillar Inc. Fluid motor
US20080149448A1 (en) * 2006-12-21 2008-06-26 Luk Lamellen Und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs Kg Wedge one-way clutch
US20090032365A1 (en) * 2005-07-21 2009-02-05 Frieder Altmann Bushing-type roller overrunning clutch with a solid outer ring
US20160238116A1 (en) * 2015-02-12 2016-08-18 Zhongtai Chen Torque converter having a reactor controlled by a jaw clutch
US9689483B2 (en) * 2014-10-16 2017-06-27 Caterpillar Inc. Torque converter comprising an external one way clutch
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US7770707B2 (en) 2005-08-24 2010-08-10 Luk Lamellen Und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs Kg Axially engaging and disengaging one-way clutch and a stator having an axially engaging and disengaging one-way clutch
JP4763746B2 (ja) * 2008-04-03 2011-08-31 Ｎｔｎ株式会社 スラスト軸受

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US5822987A (en) * 1996-03-28 1998-10-20 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd. Stator and one way clutch assembly for a torque converter
US5855263A (en) * 1996-12-20 1999-01-05 Eaton Corporation One-way clutch and torque converter stator
US6012899A (en) * 1997-04-25 2000-01-11 Exedy Corporation Stator of a torque converter
US6026642A (en) * 1998-07-09 2000-02-22 Myers; John E. Torque converter adapter system
US6286648B1 (en) 1999-02-09 2001-09-11 Exedy Corporation Lockup device of a torque converter
EP1132652A3 (de) * 2000-03-08 2004-05-06 BorgWarner Inc. Hydrodynamischer Drehmomentwandler mit Freilaufkupplung und Stator
KR100728357B1 (ko) * 2000-03-08 2007-06-13 보르그워너 인코퍼레이티드 오버러닝 클러치와 스테이터를 포함하는 유체역학적 컨버터
US6612107B2 (en) * 2001-04-18 2003-09-02 Yutaka Giken Co., Ltd. One-way clutch
US20040139743A1 (en) * 2002-06-03 2004-07-22 Naoto Sato One-way clutch
US7036306B2 (en) * 2002-06-03 2006-05-02 Yutaka Giken Co., Ltd. One-way clutch
US6745563B1 (en) * 2002-09-10 2004-06-08 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Axially reduced torque converter with axial pull stator
US20090032365A1 (en) * 2005-07-21 2009-02-05 Frieder Altmann Bushing-type roller overrunning clutch with a solid outer ring
US7975819B2 (en) * 2005-07-21 2011-07-12 Schaeffler Kg Bushing-type roller overrunning clutch with a solid outer ring
US20070048077A1 (en) * 2005-08-31 2007-03-01 World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd. Ring binder having a clip
US7497156B2 (en) * 2006-10-31 2009-03-03 Caterpillar Inc. Fluid motor
US20080098882A1 (en) * 2006-10-31 2008-05-01 Caterpillar Inc. Fluid motor
US20080149448A1 (en) * 2006-12-21 2008-06-26 Luk Lamellen Und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs Kg Wedge one-way clutch
US7987958B2 (en) * 2006-12-21 2011-08-02 Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. Kg Wedge one-way clutch
US9689483B2 (en) * 2014-10-16 2017-06-27 Caterpillar Inc. Torque converter comprising an external one way clutch
US20160238116A1 (en) * 2015-02-12 2016-08-18 Zhongtai Chen Torque converter having a reactor controlled by a jaw clutch
US9611925B2 (en) * 2015-02-12 2017-04-04 Zhongtai Chen Torque converter having a reactor controlled by a jaw clutch
EP3299653A1 (de) 2016-09-23 2018-03-28 Volvo Car Corporation Entkopplungsanordnung
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